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Current Population Survey, March/April 1982 Match Files: Alimony and Child Support (ICPSR 8267)

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census

Summary:

This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive information is
given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14
years old and older. Additional data for persons aged 15 years old and
older are available concerning weeks worked, hours per week worked,
reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and
residence. This match file is comprised of records for six rotation
groups common to the March and April 1982 Current Population
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This data collection supplies standard monthly labor force
data for the week prior to the survey. Comprehensive information is
given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 14
years old and older. Additional data for persons aged 15 years old and
older are available concerning weeks worked, hours per week worked,
reason not working full-time, total income and income components, and
residence. This match file is comprised of records for six rotation
groups common to the March and April 1982 Current Population
Surveys. Data on alimony and child support are collected from the
April supplement for females 18 years old and older. These data
highlight alimony and child support arrangements made at the time of
separation or divorce, amount of payments actually received, and value
and type of any property settlement. Information on demographic
characteristics, such as age, sex, race, marital status, veteran
status, household relationship, educational attainment, and Hispanic
origin, is available for each person in the household enumerated. Data
on employment and income refer to the previous year, while demographic
data refer to the time of the survey.

Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY, MARCH/APRIL 1982 MATCH FILES: ALIMONY AND CHILD SUPPORT. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1983. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08267.v1

Universe:
Persons in the civilian noninstitutionalized population of
the United States including members of the armed forces living in
civilian housing units in March and April of 1982.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

(1) This data file contains 203,349 records. There are
three record types. Household records contain 49 variables, family
records contain 78 variables, and person records contain 249
variables. (2) All records contain weights, which must be used in any
analysis.

Methodology

Sample:
A national probability sample was used in selecting
housing units.